WPCz  U+a ^ d/黋X$fߵO~{?@ׅdՌ%CcXcEQ7GfnNԎ~b/O6m/< DM|pNzjڔksx$10LqQpuu4c:y.rN&' vlG@#S !M3̳e':Ѭ5Ju_'ӕ['K 8S0e]yPq.E@L;M >ltɆUʭ rSK\ Pge<)nygD yGT|܄9Z_@FĕNJM'+;B%Nx!~ (ሒ TKU qL|@F9a790| .( ~jIћM؝~sr_\!] WhUssJ4hk]eYE8}P3>^)|9v˧ǩ-M`#@UN %W 0:] ^ w 4   m Z Z= = E 0~ 0D N[ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ B] Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet P3010 Series0(9 Z6Times New Roman RegularX($USUS.,ԛJ;EJntFold3|xU8DocumentManagement::ModifiedBooleanTRUE8DocumentManagement::ModifiedBooleanTRUE(.(3($ !USUS.,      0  (#$  0   d !USUS.,  _KEYWORD:GuidelineF  DIGEST:TheJudgefoundinfavorofApplicantastoeightofthe_SOR_Ԁfactualallegations.  However,hereasonablyexplainedwhythemitigatingevidencewasinsufficienttoovercomethe t governmentstrustworthinessconcerns.Adversedecisionaffirmed. ` _CASENO_:1601251 8  DATE:06/07/2017  ` ________________________   `     h      p DATE:June7,2017  8  .؉7r(#(#.A_) xdEgA   InRe:       ApplicantforTrustworthinessDesignation / A_) xdEgA W )   )   ) p ) \ ) H ) 4 )  p )  \  H pX p ADPCaseNo.1601251 \"  H# .؉7r. \XXp  #    APPEALBOARDDECISION  $ APPEARANCES '  &/%XX FORGOVERNMENT  X ) JamesB.Norman,Esq.,ChiefDepartmentCounsel 0!*  FORAPPLICANT  "0,  Prose #X\X%&/# #-     TheDepartmentofDefense(DoD)declinedtograntApplicantatrustworthinessdesignation. f&!0 OnJuly20,2016,DOHAissuedastatementofreasons(SOR)advisingApplicantofthebasisfor R'"1 thatdecision"trustworthinessconcernsraisedunderGuidelineF(FinancialConsiderations)of >(#2 DepartmentofDefenseDirective5220.6(Jan.2,1992,asamended)(Directive).Applicant *)z$3 requestedahearing.OnMarch7,2017,afterthehearing,DefenseOfficeofHearingsandAppeals *f%4 (DOHA)AdministrativeJudgeMarkHarveydeniedApplicantsrequestforatrustworthiness +R&5 designation.ApplicantappealedpursuanttotheDirectiveE3.1.28andE3.1.30. +>'6   Applicantraisedthefollowingissueonappeal:whethertheJudgesadversedecisionis -)8 arbitrary,capriciousorcontrarytolaw.  _  ApplicantrequeststhattheJudgesadversedeterminationbereversedbasedonherexcellent  workhistory,lackoftrustworthinessrulesviolations,andtheeffortshehasmadetoresolveher t financialproblems.HerargumentsdonotdemonstratethattheJudgesdecisionisarbitrary, ` capriciousorcontrarytolaw. L  Ѐ   8    ThepresenceofsomemitigatingevidencedoesnotalonecompeltheJudgetomakea $ t favorabletrustworthinessdetermination.Asthetrieroffact,theJudgehastoweightheevidence  ` asawholeanddecidewhetherthefavorableevidenceoutweighstheunfavorableevidence,orvice  L  versa.ApartysdisagreementwiththeJudgesweighingoftheevidence,oranabilitytoarguefor  8  adifferentinterpretationoftheevidence,isnotsufficienttodemonstratetheJudgeweighedthe $  evidenceorreachedconclusionsinamannerthatisarbitrary,capricious,orcontrarytolaw.See,   e.g.,ADPCaseNo.1400860at2(App.Bd.Mar.12,2015).     Inthiscase,theJudgereasonablyweighedthemitigatingevidenceofferedbyApplicant   againstthelengthandseriousnessofthedisqualifyingconductandconsideredthepossible p applicationofrelevantconditionsandfactors.Hemadefindingsaboutthemattersnotedin \ Applicantsbriefanddiscussedtheminhisanalysis.Decisionat29.TheJudgefoundinfavorof H ApplicantastoeightoftheSORfactualallegations.However,hereasonablyexplainedwhythe 4 mitigatingevidencewasinsufficienttoovercomethegovernmentstrustworthinessconcerns.Id.  p TheBoarddoesnotreviewacasedenovo.ThefavorableevidencecitedbyApplicantisnot  \ sufficienttodemonstratetheJudgesdecisionisarbitrary,capricious,orcontrarytolaw.See,e.g., H ADPCaseNo.1400860supraat2. 4   Afterreviewingtherecord,theBoardconcludesthattheJudgeexaminedtherelevantdata   andarticulatedasatisfactoryexplanationforthedecision.Thestandardapplicabletotrustworthiness  casesisthatsetforthinDepartmentoftheNavyv.Egan,484U.S.518,528(1988)r_egarding_  securityclearances:suchadetermination maybegrantedonlywhenclearlyconsistentwiththe  interestofnationalsecurity.See,e.g.,ADPCaseNo.1506611at3(App.Bd.May8,2017).See l alsoKaplanv.Conyers,733F.3d1148(Fed.Cir.2013),cert.denied. X   @-(, Ї@( Order       ThedecisionisAFFIRMED.     `     h   Signed:JamesF.Duffy 8     `     h   JamesF.Duffy $ t    `     h   AdministrativeJudge  `    `     h   Member,AppealBoard  L     `     h   Signed:JamesE.Moody      `     h   JamesE.Moody      `     h   AdministrativeJudge      `     h   Member,AppealBoard p    `     h   Signed:WilliamS.Fields  p    `     h   WilliamS.Fields  \    `     h   AdministrativeJudge H    `     h   Member,Appeal_Board___